Hong Kong women's beauty secret revealed..?

You know how Asians always look young even when they are old? I think I found their secret... ;). 

You know I spend a lot of time at the gym. And after spending time in gyms in several different countries I think I find the women's changing room in Hong Kong the most fascinating. No, not in a dirty way, just hear me out. 

After a hard work out followed by a refreshing shower we are all getting ready to go back out to the world. Me, I put on body lotion, deodorant, face cream, some powder and mascara. Then I'm done. It takes me around 2 minutes. As far as I can see, most other Caucasian women at the gym changing room do what I do. However, the Asian women are different. Not only are they already sitting at the dressing table when I got there. They are still working on their appearances when I'm done! For example, the Asian lady next to me has a small toiletry bag with six (!) different jars of creams. She takes her time to massage each cream on to specific parts of her face. She's on her third creme when I'm done... That is pretty darn impressive. And I am sure the creams are nice and expensive. Once she's done applying the creams and the carefully selected make up she of course looks stunning. Perhaps I should ask next time what's in those creams... 

This is not the woman from the gym. Photo:  makeupjournal.net 

But creams are not their only secret to looking young. According to Honey's mom it's also important to drink soup with each dinner to keep your skin and inside hydrated. Every dinner we eat at Honey's parents house they finish dinner by serving a soup that looks like a clear broth. Unfortunately another Hong Kong food that I don't like (tastes like drinking grease), but I guess I eventually will have to bite the bullet and learn to drink that broth (ewww) if I want to look as young as the Asian women... Perhaps I should start by finding out the secret creams... Yeah that sounds better :).